Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Going through my top 20 favorite metal albums from 2001. Thought this would be fun to revisit some older years' best of lists and discuss albums that have stood the test of time. These albums are all celebrating their 25th anniversary this year.

The albums I discuss today are as follows, in alphabetical order (for the ranked order, you will have to watch the video!):

Absu - Tara
Alas - Absolute Purity
Avantasia - The Metal Opera pt 1
Borknagar - Empiricism
Dark Fortress - Tales from Eternal Dusk
Ensiferum - self-titled
Falconer - self-titled
Gamma Ray - No World Order
Heavenly - Sign of the Winner
Kamelot - Karma
Krisiun - Ageless Venomous
Lost Horizon - Awakening the World
Melechesh - Djinn
Moonsorrow - Voimasta ja Kunniasta
My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Rhapsody - Rain of a Thousand Flames
Sonata Arctica - Silence
Summoning - Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame
Windir - 1184